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Mad Science Training – Terms of Use

Section 1: Introduction

1. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of the Mad Science Training Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and services ("Services").
2. Please read these Terms carefully, and contact us at caroline@madsciencenw.com if you have any questions. By using our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, including the policies referenced in these Terms such as our Safeguarding Policy.
3. https://madsciencetraining.com/ (the “Virtual Learning Environment” VLE) is operated by Mad Science in partnership with AdaptiVLE Company Registration No: 9578395.
4. By accessing the VLE you agree to abide by any and all of the following Terms of Use governing use of the VLE. Mad Science may change these Terms of Use from time to time. It is your responsibility to check the Terms of Use regularly. You will be deemed to have accepted any amended Terms of Use if you continue to make use of the Services and VLE after a change to the Terms of Use has been made. 
5. These Terms of Use may from time to time be supplemented by additional Terms of Use and these will be shown on relevant application forms or as part of any registration process included on the Website and/or VLE. 

Section 2: Code of conduct and Safeguarding

Section 3: Who may use / access our services?

1. You may use our Services only if you are: 
   • a registered team member of Mad Science
   • a member of the AdaptiVLE staff 
   • a pre-authorised Mad Science member of staff 
   • an approved ‘guest’
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2. When you enroll on the training programme, and subsequently when you use certain features, you must provide us with accurate and complete information, and you agree to update your information to keep it accurate and complete. 
3. By using the Services and VLE you agree to use it for lawful purposes. The Services and VLE may not be used to harass, cause distress or inconvenience any individual person or organisation. You may not use the VLE to publish, post, distribute, disseminate or otherwise transmit defamatory, obscene, indecent or offensive content or to cause or promote an unlawful act. 
4. You agree not to attempt to obtain unauthorised access through whatever means to any part of the VLE which is restricted and to which you are not entitled to access. 

Section 4: Our License to You

1. Subject to these Terms and our policies (including the Safeguarding and other policies), we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use our Services.  All other rights are reserved to Mad Science and its licensors.  
2. You also agree that you will create, access, and/or use only one user account, and you will not share your account with any third party or provide any third party with access to your account or any information on the VLE. By using our Services, you do not acquire any right, title or interest in or to any intellectual property rights in our Services or the content you access. 

Section 5: Our programme

Section 6: User Content

1. The Services enable you to share your content, such as quizzes, projects, discussion posts and the like ("User Content"), with Mad Science staff and site administrators. You are responsible for the User Content you share at all times. 
2. To the extent that you provide User Content, you grant Mad Science a fully-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, sub-licensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use the User Content. This license includes granting Mad Science the right to authorise third-party partners to use User Content with their respective audiences. Nothing in these Terms shall restrict other legal rights Mad Science may have to User Content, for example under other licenses. We reserve the right to remove or modify User Content for any reason, including User Content that we believe violates these Terms. 

Section 7: Security

Section 8: Third Party Content

Section 9: Privacy

1. Mad Science is registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner for the United Kingdom. Mad Science is committed to protecting your privacy and security. Whenever you provide personal information, Mad Science will treat that information in accordance with this policy and current UK Data Protection legislation. 
2. By using Mad Science Services and VLE you agree to accept the Mad Science Privacy Policy. Mad Science may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to check the Privacy Policy regularly. You will be deemed to have accepted any amendments to the Privacy Policy if you continue to make use of the VLE after a change to the Privacy Policy has been made. 

Section 10: Copyright and Trademark Policy

1. All copyright, trademarks, design rights, patents, brand, business name and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on the Services and VLE and all content (including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, applications, and information) on the site belong to Mad Science or its licensors (which includes other users), or appear with the permission of others who own the intellectual property rights. You may not copy, reproduce, re-publish, adapt to create a derived work, exploit, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use the VLE content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use unless you have the written consent of Mad Science. Use of the Services and VLE  do not confer a right or license to use any copyright, design right or trademark of Mad Science. 
2. Where downloads of third party software are made available on the VLE they are owned by the third party licensor in question and will be subject to any Terms and Conditions applied by the relevant licensor. 
3. Other owners and/ or operators of websites or VLEs may not link to the VLE for commercial purposes without the written consent of Mad Science.  

Section 11: Limitation of Liability

1. We do not guarantee that:
   • use of the VLE will be compatible with all hardware and software, 
   • use of the VLE will be uninterrupted or error or virus free, 
   • use of the VLE will deliver any specific outcome for its users, or
   • defects on the VLE will be corrected 
2. You must take appropriate steps to ensure that you regularly check for and protect against viruses when using the VLE on any device. 
3. To the maximum extent permitted by law, MAd Science shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:
   • your access to or use of or inability to access or use the services
   • any conduct or content of any party other than the applicable Mad Science party, including without limitation, any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct
   • unauthorised access, use, or alteration of your content or information.
4. You acknowledge and agree that the disclaimers and the limitations of liability set forth in this terms of use reflect a reasonable and fair allocation of risk between you and Mad Science, and that these limitations are an essential basis to Mad Science’s ability to make the services available to you.

Section 12: Indemnification

Section 13: Revisions to the Terms

1. We reserve the right to revise the Terms at our sole discretion at any time. Any revisions to the Terms will be effective immediately upon posting by us. For any material changes to the Terms, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes. In all cases, your continued use of the Services after publication of such changes, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of the revised Terms. 
2. In the event that Mad Science does not exercise or enforce any right in these Terms and Conditions, this does not waive Mad Science's right to enforce that right at a later date or on another occasion. 
3. If any of the Terms and Conditions for the use of the VLE are determined to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that Term and Condition is unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be deleted from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall continue to be binding and enforceable.